Persuasive Essay On Gay Marriage

Gay Marriage has been debated in many countries for a long time. It interferes with citizens civil rights so is therefore a major issue. Many gay couples today have come out and expressed their sexuality. Although many people are against legalization of gay marriage, I believe it should be legalized for the reason that it encourages strong family values, leads to the increasing number of child adoption, and is a citizen civil rights.

To Begin With, marriage of the same sex better encourage strong family values. Just because a family consists of parents of the same sex doesn’t mean that the children won’t be just as smart and successful as any other child. As stated by Dr. Peggy Drexler “Throughout many years of working with families, I've studied the lives of gay parents raising sons and daughters. In general, gay parents tend to be more motivated, more committed, and more thoughtful parents than heterosexual couples… The children, meanwhile, show few differences in achievement. They perform as well in school, at sports, and in extracurricular as peers with heterosexual parents. At the same time, they are more self-aware, more adept at communicating their feelings, and exhibit more empathy for people different from themselves. They learn early how to negotiate the outside environment, gauge other people's motives, and assess how open they dare to be in specific situations. They are strong. In my work, I routinely saw how, with enough support from their families, children of gay parents developed skills at thinking independently and standing up for what they believed which distinguished them from many children with straight parents.” Some people believe a child should be raised with both a mother and father, when honestly gender...

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... case that will almost certainly go all the way to the Supreme Court. Walker ruled that Proposition 8 is "unconstitutional under both the due process and equal protection clauses." The court, therefore, "orders entry of judgment permanently enjoining its enforcement.” Now if one court found it unconstitutional wouldn’t the rest? Or are the religious beliefs and personal opinions of the people keeping them from legalizing gay marriage.

In Conclusion, In conclusion, the same sex marriage should be legalized. It is human civil rights, it is encourage family’s value and increase child adoption. Two people of the same sex who love each other should be allowed to publicly celebrate their commitment and receive the same benefits of marriage as opposite sex couples. All lovers should be granted the final gift of marriage, because marriage is an inalienable right of humans.